Iranian Space program

[Shawnee]

Here is a website where u can track Nour. I couldn't find the Nour satellite at first until I typed in the name NOUR, with a U after the O and pressed the track button. I'm not very scientifically inclined however if you look at the right side of the screen underneath the column that says Nour 01, various numbers/variables keep changing, including Latitude, Longitude, etc. Does this mean anything ? Does this verify anything ?

https://www.n2yo.com/?s=45529&live=1

This article implies that Iran by passed US sanctions and acquired the Noor satellite from the Mexicans who in turn got it from the USA. He says that Noor is barely visible because of how small it is and that it is not a 6U cubesat, which is imaged on the rockets decal.

https://skyriddles.wordpress.com/2020/04/28/recovering-irans-nour-01-military-satellite/

This is from June 3rd

https://twitter.com/x/status/1268341188668653569

My question was not about tracking Nour itself. It was about the text that I quoted and the reason to have a third stage.
Reason for combined Arash 24 and Salman?
Check out this quote:

ماهواره نور یک ماهواره کوچک است، حجم آن تنها به چند لیتر می‌رسد و تخمین زده شده که وزن آن بین ۵ تا ۱۴ کیلوگرم است. ماهواره‌ای بسیار کوچک برای اهداف جاسوسی در آسمان.

ماهواره نور به کمک ماهواره‌بر قاصد در مدار قرار گرفت، مرحله سوم این ماهواره‌بر، یک راکت با سوخت جامد است. آرش-۲۴ احتمالا بیش از

۱۰۰ کیلوگرم و سلمان نیز احتمالا بیش از ۳۰۰ کیلوگرم وزن دارد.

با احتساب ماهواره نور-۱ و مرحله سوم، می‌بینیم که سپاه پاسداران توانایی به مدار فرستادن وزن خالصی در حدود ۱۰۵-۳۳۴ کیلوگرم بر فراز ایالات متحده را دارد.

به نظر می‌رسد سپاه پاسداران عامدانه تلاش می‌کند تا توانایی تسلیحاتی فضایی‌اش را با جداسازی نور-۱ از مرحله سوم، کمتر از حد نشان دهد. به این امید که اهمیت ماهواره کوچکی مانند نور-۱ نادیده گرفته شود. یعنی همان اشتباهی که فرماندهی فضایی مرتکب شد.
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[sha ah]

I'm honestly not sure. I've heard so many things about Nour. Most pundits are generally positive, others skeptical, negative, etc. I've heard all kinds of theories and remarks. One thing is for sure, it's a step forward for Iran, but the question is, when will Iran start putting large communication and military satellites in space ? Also when will Iran actually power 10% of the power grid with nuclear energy ?

When it comes to the Iranian government and especially IRGC, they make so many claims and it's usually either hit or miss. I'm not sure if this is to throw off the enemy/adversaries, but at the end of the day I'm not happy with Iran's foreign policy. Look at china, America's biggest adversary yet they've made a fortune on the USA. American banks owe them billions, meanwhile Iran is the boogeyman and completely isolated from the world... Also Iran's military / IRGC have some work to do. Look at the recent shooting down of that passenger plane and recently the accident at sea...

My question was not about tracking Nour itself. It was about the text that I quoted and the reason to have a third stage.
Reason for combined Arash 24 and Salman?
Check out this quote:

ماهواره نور یک ماهواره کوچک است، حجم آن تنها به چند لیتر می‌رسد و تخمین زده شده که وزن آن بین ۵ تا ۱۴ کیلوگرم است. ماهواره‌ای بسیار کوچک برای اهداف جاسوسی در آسمان.

ماهواره نور به کمک ماهواره‌بر قاصد در مدار قرار گرفت، مرحله سوم این ماهواره‌بر، یک راکت با سوخت جامد است. آرش-۲۴ احتمالا بیش از

۱۰۰ کیلوگرم و سلمان نیز احتمالا بیش از ۳۰۰ کیلوگرم وزن دارد.

با احتساب ماهواره نور-۱ و مرحله سوم، می‌بینیم که سپاه پاسداران توانایی به مدار فرستادن وزن خالصی در حدود ۱۰۵-۳۳۴ کیلوگرم بر فراز ایالات متحده را دارد.

به نظر می‌رسد سپاه پاسداران عامدانه تلاش می‌کند تا توانایی تسلیحاتی فضایی‌اش را با جداسازی نور-۱ از مرحله سوم، کمتر از حد نشان دهد. به این امید که اهمیت ماهواره کوچکی مانند نور-۱ نادیده گرفته شود. یعنی همان اشتباهی که فرماندهی فضایی مرتکب شد.
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[QWECXZ]

Here is a website where u can track Nour. I couldn't find the Nour satellite at first until I typed in the name NOUR, with a U after the O and pressed the track button. I'm not very scientifically inclined however if you look at the right side of the screen underneath the column that says Nour 01, various numbers/variables keep changing, including Latitude, Longitude, etc. Does this mean anything ? Does this verify anything ?

https://www.n2yo.com/?s=45529&live=1

I don't know much about professional astronomy, but I can share with you what I know. I hope it would be useful for you.

Newton's universal law of gravitation implies that the path of a satellite orbiting around the Earth in general must be an ellipse (because it has to be a closed conic section) where the Earth will be at one of its foci. You can determine an ellipse on the plane by knowing its apogee (furthest distance from the Earth) and its perigee (closest distance from the Earth).

These two parameters together determine the shape of the ellipse, but to fully determine the orbit of the satellite, you also need one parameter to determine the plane where the ellipse lives in. So, you need another parameter called the angle of inclination that is measured from the equator of the Earth as shown in the following picture:

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Note that if your perigee and apogee are the same, you will get a circle as an important special case. An ideal circular orbit has the amazing property that the amount of work done by gravitation on the satellite is zero (this relates to the geometric fact that a radial line from the center to a point on the circle will be perpendicular to the tangent at that point).

So, theoretically, the closer to circular your orbit is, the more stable it will be and your satellite will stay in its orbit for a longer period of time.

Now, the movement of your satellite relative to the Earth doesn't stay in the same plane all the time because the Earth rotates around its axis. So, as the Earth rotates around its axis, your satellite sweeps and covers all of the Earth. If you assume the Earth to be fixed, you can imagine the path of the satellite to be like an elliptic orbit that its orbit shifts a little each time it rotates around the Earth like the following picture:

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Once you know the altitude of your satellite, you can determine the position of your satellite as observed on the Earth by radially projecting it on the Earth. As points on the Earth can be determined by two numbers (longitude and latitude), you can use these two numbers to tell where your satellite currently is.

If your satellite is at an altitude of 35,786 kilometers from the Earth, it will be in a geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO). Meaning that it will stay at the same point because its rotation will match that of the Earth. This is very useful for telecommunication satellites that have to remain accessible to ground stations.

So, the only thing those numbers verify is that the Nour satellite continues to orbit the Earth. Whether it is a "tumbling webcam" or not cannot be determined from its path. Observers in places near our ground stations should verify whether the Nour satellite is sending signals or not. And as the communication will be most likely encrypted, it will be almost impossible to know what kind of data it is sending.

 

[Kiarash]

@Kiarash

الان چرا این رو لایک کردی برادر ؟

چرا خب داداش مگه بده پستش ؟ هلهلکی خوندم

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

The article is wrong. It claims that the Qased-e-Noor-1 space launcher has a third stage.

http://archive.vn/WigLN/d64c3af4bd515fb6b139718ff8b418201f73197b.jpg ; https://archive.vn/WigLN/8f137aaf230005eb1188cc7f8ec78a1b8e8166ac/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200513...ent/uploads/2020/05/Qased-SLV-annotated-B.jpg ; https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/s...n-hinz-on-the-qased-satellite-launch-vehicle/
▲ 1. Internet speculations on the Qased-e-Noor-1 space launcher. 2020.

But from day one on 22nd April 2020, until today, the 13rd MAY, or 3 weeks after the orbital insertion into LEO, no such third object has ever been reported by the U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).

Last 30 Days' Launches Two Line Element Set (TLE):

Current as of 2020 May 13 14:05:53 UTC (Day 134)

NOOR
1 45529U 20024A 20134.23517285 .00003807 00000-0 86901-4 0 9992
2 45529 59.8108 87.7042 0006277 282.2737 57.1513 15.45189025 3240
QASED R/B
1 45530U 20024B 20133.54630001 .00001228 00000-0 34843-4 0 9992
2 45530 59.7985 90.6030 0010880 240.7551 119.2449 15.43669407 3133
STARLINK-1329
1 45531U 20025A 20134.16667824 -.00028354 00000-0 -30469-3 0 9996
2 45531 53.0009 299.1904 0001493 64.5377 278.6963 15.62768967 3900
STARLINK-1338
1 45532U 20025B 20134.16667824 -.00028585 00000-0 -30730-3 0 9994
2 45532 53.0014 299.1927 0001354 61.8177 276.3057 15.62763978 3913
STARLINK-1339
1 45533U 20025C 20134.25001157 .00019798 00000-0 22173-3 0 9992
2 45533 53.0028 298.8020 0001310 64.0215 16.8553 15.62727976 3926
STARLINK-1341
1 45534U 20025D 20134.25001157 .00019990 00000-0 22381-3 0 9998
2 45534 53.0014 298.7996 0000848 350.3863 93.0484 15.62729582 3923
STARLINK-1350
1 45535U 20025E 20133.91667824 .00041242 00000-0 45415-3 0 9998
2 45535 53.0027 300.4373 0001482 56.3042 303.0700 15.62741391 1773
STARLINK-1352
1 45536U 20025F 20134.16667824 -.00028193 00000-0 -30299-3 0 9993
2 45536 53.0021 299.2149 0001277 54.6089 270.8034 15.62764186 3914
STARLINK-1353
1 45537U 20025G 20134.16667824 -.00028794 00000-0 -30968-3 0 9994
2 45537 53.0030 299.2104 0001340 59.1262 270.0974 15.62757261 3911
STARLINK-1362
1 45538U 20025H 20134.25001157 .00019670 00000-0 22027-3 0 9994
2 45538 53.0009 298.7826 0001265 60.5725 30.5008 15.62736153 3935
STARLINK-1367
1 45539U 20025J 20134.25001157 .02713687 00000-0 30001-1 0 9995
2 45539 53.0067 298.0034 0002740 239.4699 239.3442 15.59098992 3939
STARLINK-1368
1 45540U 20025K 20134.16667824 -.00028483 00000-0 -30597-3 0 9991
2 45540 53.0023 299.2130 0001319 57.9488 266.2156 15.62781508 3918
STARLINK-1369
1 45541U 20025L 20133.91667824 .00043759 00000-0 48179-3 0 9990
2 45541 53.0015 300.4390 0001499 55.7056 299.8670 15.62718505 1771
STARLINK-1371
1 45542U 20025M 20133.91667824 .00046044 00000-0 50635-3 0 9991
2 45542 53.0007 300.4219 0001480 55.2232 313.0506 15.62726302 3867
STARLINK-1372
1 45543U 20025N 20134.16667824 -.00028004 00000-0 -30080-3 0 9990
2 45543 53.0030 299.2275 0001190 50.8134 270.7771 15.62773754 3913
STARLINK-1373
1 45544U 20025P 20133.91667824 .00047736 00000-0 52460-3 0 9990
2 45544 53.0015 300.4155 0001507 59.0130 314.3807 15.62727837 1776
STARLINK-1374
1 45545U 20025Q 20133.91667824 .00046387 00000-0 50990-3 0 9998
2 45545 53.0032 300.4360 0001739 65.9954 299.7429 15.62733964 1786
STARLINK-1375
1 45546U 20025R 20134.25001157 .00019963 00000-0 22332-3 0 9997
2 45546 53.0010 298.8029 0001071 49.7824 27.3234 15.62752362 3931
STARLINK-1377
1 45547U 20025S 20133.91667824 .00046233 00000-0 50811-3 0 9992
2 45547 53.0007 300.4368 0001317 37.0007 326.2210 15.62740725 1786
STARLINK-1378
1 45548U 20025T 20133.91667824 .00047903 00000-0 52636-3 0 9995
2 45548 53.0030 300.4542 0001344 50.9878 302.0395 15.62730000 1777
STARLINK-1379
1 45549U 20025U 20134.25001157 .00020520 00000-0 22944-3 0 9990
2 45549 53.0031 298.8146 0001177 57.6911 10.5123 15.62744076 3933
STARLINK-1390
1 45550U 20025V 20133.91667824 .00040269 00000-0 44378-3 0 9990
2 45550 53.0009 300.4168 0001412 48.3698 323.7503 15.62732741 1772
STARLINK-1294
1 45551U 20025W 20134.16667824 -.00024867 00000-0 -26607-3 0 9992
2 45551 52.9986 298.4131 0008009 280.4024 84.0220 15.62748020 3910
STARLINK-1322
1 45552U 20025X 20133.91667824 .00044776 00000-0 49291-3 0 9998
2 45552 53.0025 299.6230 0001104 99.5298 300.2303 15.62712510 1773
STARLINK-1323
1 45553U 20025Y 20133.91667824 .00048464 00000-0 53291-3 0 9992
2 45553 53.0017 299.6508 0001387 96.4862 293.1134 15.62706755 1775
STARLINK-1325
1 45554U 20025Z 20134.16667824 -.00005214 00000-0 -51152-4 0 9994
2 45554 53.0025 298.4035 0001226 103.3478 258.5194 15.62750632 3912
STARLINK-1327
1 45555U 20025AA 20134.16667824 -.00025526 00000-0 -27397-3 0 9996
2 45555 53.0024 298.4486 0000783 105.2601 236.3254 15.62738937 3913
STARLINK-1334
1 45556U 20025AB 20134.25001157 .00021329 00000-0 23839-3 0 9990
2 45556 53.0011 298.0107 0001317 104.8955 3.6322 15.62727535 3921
STARLINK-1336
1 45557U 20025AC 20134.25001157 .00019512 00000-0 21874-3 0 9999
2 45557 53.0034 298.0140 0000768 106.0451 357.3688 15.62713828 3922
STARLINK-1342
1 45558U 20025AD 20134.16667824 -.00006534 00000-0 -65579-4 0 9992
2 45558 53.0025 298.4800 0001138 100.4682 225.8668 15.62754274 3912
STARLINK-1344
1 45559U 20025AE 20133.91667824 .00059128 00000-0 64872-3 0 9994
2 45559 53.0021 299.6474 0000973 96.4598 288.0515 15.62679962 1779
STARLINK-1346
1 45560U 20025AF 20134.25001157 .00020681 00000-0 23130-3 0 9999
2 45560 53.0008 298.0313 0001636 103.9559 354.4366 15.62732177 3928
STARLINK-1348
1 45561U 20025AG 20133.91667824 .00047046 00000-0 51689-3 0 9995
2 45561 53.0037 299.6952 0001125 89.3509 274.8007 15.62740868 1787
STARLINK-1354
1 45562U 20025AH 20133.91667824 .00045885 00000-0 50450-3 0 9990
2 45562 53.0010 299.6700 0000750 89.2022 290.2382 15.62733119 1770
STARLINK-1355
1 45563U 20025AJ 20133.91667824 .00137688 00000-0 14866-2 0 9994
2 45563 53.0037 299.6781 0001099 98.7137 270.4830 15.62710825 1786
STARLINK-1356
1 45564U 20025AK 20133.91667824 .00046275 00000-0 50852-3 0 9992
2 45564 53.0008 299.6803 0000711 90.4772 281.3056 15.62743289 1785
STARLINK-1357
1 45565U 20025AL 20134.16667824 -.00026007 00000-0 -27900-3 0 9992
2 45565 53.0011 298.4489 0000419 124.9705 219.2106 15.62763405 3916
STARLINK-1358
1 45566U 20025AM 20133.91667824 .00049979 00000-0 54888-3 0 9991
2 45566 53.0019 299.6858 0001269 68.9665 297.6858 15.62725741 3874
STARLINK-1361
1 45567U 20025AN 20133.91667824 .00047277 00000-0 51944-3 0 9991
2 45567 53.0026 299.7138 0000798 86.4479 267.4676 15.62738376 1788
STARLINK-1363
1 45568U 20025AP 20133.91667824 .00047419 00000-0 52091-3 0 9994
2 45568 53.0038 299.6945 0001268 69.0831 292.5220 15.62741108 1780
STARLINK-1366
1 45569U 20025AQ 20133.91667824 .00048262 00000-0 53021-3 0 9996
2 45569 53.0018 299.7114 0001108 90.8598 260.5693 15.62731818 3871
STARLINK-1376
1 45570U 20025AR 20133.91667824 .00045808 00000-0 50361-3 0 9995
2 45570 53.0038 299.7115 0001239 92.6481 263.9040 15.62735934 3878
STARLINK-1261
1 45571U 20025AS 20133.91667824 .00047650 00000-0 52362-3 0 9996
2 45571 53.0022 299.6342 0001168 94.2343 301.6300 15.62730781 1770
STARLINK-1320
1 45572U 20025AT 20134.16667824 -.00024159 00000-0 -25870-3 0 9990
2 45572 53.0024 298.3855 0000831 74.5875 293.7581 15.62762238 3917
STARLINK-1321
1 45573U 20025AU 20133.91667824 .00045980 00000-0 50563-3 0 9993
2 45573 53.0011 299.6917 0001206 94.7402 273.2346 15.62727748 1786
STARLINK-1324
1 45574U 20025AV 20133.91667824 .00044245 00000-0 48764-3 0 9997
2 45574 53.0033 299.6101 0001385 79.2394 319.2124 15.62687225 1771
STARLINK-1326
1 45575U 20025AW 20134.16667824 -.00005936 00000-0 -59083-4 0 9999
2 45575 53.0025 298.4082 0001107 83.7593 274.4342 15.62736424 3919
STARLINK-1328
1 45576U 20025AX 20133.91667824 .00045636 00000-0 50228-3 0 9992
2 45576 53.0031 299.6652 0001441 89.9669 290.6926 15.62708965 1775
STARLINK-1330
1 45577U 20025AY 20133.91667824 .00050164 00000-0 55095-3 0 9992
2 45577 53.0034 299.7003 0000871 91.5895 271.3178 15.62722250 1785
STARLINK-1331
1 45578U 20025AZ 20133.91667824 .00047751 00000-0 52513-3 0 9993
2 45578 53.0014 299.6498 0001136 90.6869 295.1004 15.62709942 1771
STARLINK-1332
1 45579U 20025BA 20134.16667824 .07076052 00000-0 66713-1 0 9990
2 45579 53.0028 298.4810 0002849 27.5774 305.2454 15.62077509 3915
STARLINK-1333
1 45580U 20025BB 20134.16667824 -.00005390 00000-0 -53075-4 0 9994
2 45580 53.0024 298.4038 0001120 89.6620 270.9988 15.62749040 3911
STARLINK-1335
1 45581U 20025BC 20134.25001157 .00021336 00000-0 23838-3 0 9995
2 45581 53.0033 298.0360 0001281 103.9805 347.9688 15.62736777 3925
STARLINK-1337
1 45582U 20025BD 20134.25001157 .00021872 00000-0 24419-3 0 9997
2 45582 53.0011 298.0676 0001046 105.4847 331.2500 15.62738116 3922
STARLINK-1340
1 45583U 20025BE 20133.91667824 .00046828 00000-0 51522-3 0 9992
2 45583 53.0011 299.6821 0001054 89.0786 283.9804 15.62706622 1789
STARLINK-1343
1 45584U 20025BF 20134.16667824 -.00006037 00000-0 -60132-4 0 9999
2 45584 53.0025 298.4317 0001156 102.0100 248.4968 15.62757602 3919
STARLINK-1345
1 45585U 20025BG 20134.16667824 -.00025888 00000-0 -27786-3 0 9992
2 45585 53.0019 298.4505 0000993 109.6751 228.1411 15.62746651 3915
STARLINK-1347
1 45586U 20025BH 20134.16667824 -.00025393 00000-0 -27215-3 0 9991
2 45586 53.0010 298.4455 0000734 106.3376 239.0635 15.62772053 3915
STARLINK-1349
1 45587U 20025BJ 20133.91667824 .00042620 00000-0 46952-3 0 9993
2 45587 53.0010 299.6489 0001748 96.2427 292.0446 15.62715218 3870
STARLINK-1360
1 45588U 20025BK 20134.25001157 .00023222 00000-0 25879-3 0 9995
2 45588 53.0025 298.0751 0000998 60.7638 10.8961 15.62745413 3922
STARLINK-1364
1 45589U 20025BL 20133.91667824 .00048079 00000-0 52860-3 0 9994
2 45589 53.0008 299.7079 0001042 95.5660 262.2063 15.62713990 1780
STARLINK-1365
1 45590U 20025BM 20133.91667824 .00048059 00000-0 52754-3 0 9996
2 45590 53.0019 299.7334 0000998 101.0377 249.1207 15.62755219 3871
FALCON 9 DEB
1 45591U 20025BN 20134.01356863 .00676930 11668-4 39638-3 0 9994
2 45591 53.0047 295.9002 0060288 126.1571 234.5063 16.13610987 3243
FALCON 9 DEB
1 45592U 20025BP 20134.00611922 .00707661 11682-4 41360-3 0 9991
2 45592 53.0024 295.8452 0056498 124.2609 236.3795 16.14131134 3241
FALCON 9 DEB
1 45593U 20025BQ 20133.99130579 .00764699 11718-4 41311-3 0 9993
2 45593 53.0039 295.7389 0052720 122.4386 238.1764 16.15582494 3248
FALCON 9 DEB
1 45594U 20025BR 20133.93172371 .00594102 11700-4 33881-3 0 9998
2 45594 53.0050 296.0773 0054505 121.6110 239.0261 16.14704363 3233
PROGRESS-MS 14
1 45595U 20026A 20133.50798690 .00000706 00000-0 20713-4 0 9991
2 45595 51.6437 165.0606 0001064 285.2989 222.5071 15.49364804226489
G-SAT
1 45597U 98067RK 20134.11850045 .00002982 00000-0 59718-4 0 9999
2 45597 51.6414 161.9526 0004945 295.8113 64.2365 15.50249714 2381
QUETZAL-1
1 45598U 98067RL 20134.05720498 .00003659 00000-0 72208-4 0 9992
2 45598 51.6410 162.2932 0003012 327.6770 32.4034 15.49935607 2303
2020-028A
1 45602U 20028A 20134.23001884 .00012158 00000-0 96367-3 0 9996
2 45602 97.5533 165.3188 0011314 258.8787 101.1142 15.00643683 183
2020-028B
1 45603U 20028B 20134.11309175 .00011713 00000-0 92517-3 0 9997
2 45603 97.5541 165.2052 0010859 261.3271 187.9411 15.00789831 156
KZ-1A R/B
1 45604U 20028C 20134.37765748 .00881043 19884-5 56269-3 0 9998
2 45604 97.5632 165.3017 0567487 1.3383 91.8853 15.03828183 183


http://archive.is/oD8Ol#selection-9.0-9.2142
http://web.archive.org/web/20200513155348/https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt

This means that there are only the Salman-1 solid propellant second stage and the Noor-1 satellite orbiting the Earth.

And from the Mission Control screen, we know that following the second stage's ignition at T=150 seconds, a third burn was performed at T=420 seconds:

http://archive.vn/vZXhx/bd65318361e31f94db43184664548fa6eb7f7afb.jpg ; https://archive.vn/vZXhx/322cd1b3c4a6c2879d95ac02aac6004b5acbcc0e/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200513...ckets_1/Rest_World/Qased-IRGC/Flight/path.JPG ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200513...s_1/Rest_World/Qased-IRGC/Flight/sequence.htm ; http://archive.vn/nbGQU ; https://archive.vn/nbGQU/eadb8766656d84991f2d67eb461e672327a8efbe/scr.png
▲ 2. Flight Profile Qased-e-Noor-1 on 22nd April 2020.

Another screen of the Mission Control shows that there is a liquid propellant tank feeding 6 engine nozzles, and it is this final unit that has circularized the satellite's orbit:

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▲ 3. 伊朗“努尔一号”冷气推进系统。

From the mission logo, it is obvious that the 6 engine nozzles are those fitted on the Noor-1 satellite itself and not a third orbital insertion kick-stage, the Israeli Samson satellite being fitted with 4 engine nozzles:

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▲ 4. 左：以色列Samson（“参孙号”）卫星。右：伊朗“努尔一号”（波斯语意为“光明一号”）军事卫星。

Small clarification from my previous assessment.

Iran's missile capability close to join North Korea and China

7th June 2020

The Noor-1 satellite is a small satellite that is only a few liters in size and is estimated to weigh between 5 and 14 kilograms. Very small satellite for spy purposes in the sky.

The Noor-1 satellite was orbited by a satellite carrier, the third stage of which is a solid-fuel rocket. Arash-24 is probably more than 100 kg and Salman-1 probably weighs more than 300 kg.

Taking into account the Nour-1 satellite and the third stage, we see that the IRGC has the ability to send a net orbiting mass of about 105-344 kg over the United States.

The IRGC appears to be deliberately trying to demonstrate its space capability by separating the Noor-1 satellite from the third stage.

These IRGC missiles are capable of carrying the extremely small warheads weighing less than 90 kg over the United States.

Gen. Amir Hajizadeh told at the news conference that the IRGC plans to put Noor-2 into orbit in June.

http://web.archive.org/web/20200608...-در-پیشرفت-موشکی-به-روسیه-و-چین-نزدیک-شده-است
http://archive.vn/7Ejtq

From a new Iranian article posted on 7th June 2020, the third stage is presented as the solid-propellant Arash-24, with a purported mass of ~100 kg. The mass of the Salman-1 second stage being about ~300 kg.

And from the Mission Control screen, we know that following the second stage's ignition at T=150 seconds, a third burn was performed at T=420 seconds.

This means that currently there are only the Arash-24 solid propellant third stage and the Noor-1 satellite orbiting the Earth.

The Salman-1 solid propellant second stage reaching only a velocity of 5'250 m/s at cut-off, after 70 seconds of burn, and a 403 km altitude, simply re-entered the atmosphere, unable to reach orbital velocity.

This orbital insertion velocity of ~7'650 m/s was achieved with the third stage Arash-24, reaching an apogee of ~444 km.

Thereafter, the Noor satellite used its own six cold gas thrusters to separate from the third stage and manoeuvre in orbit, orienting its camera toward the earth's surface.

http://archive.vn/vZXhx/bd65318361e31f94db43184664548fa6eb7f7afb.jpg ; https://archive.vn/vZXhx/322cd1b3c4a6c2879d95ac02aac6004b5acbcc0e/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200513...ckets_1/Rest_World/Qased-IRGC/Flight/path.JPG ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200513...s_1/Rest_World/Qased-IRGC/Flight/sequence.htm ; http://archive.vn/nbGQU ; https://archive.vn/nbGQU/eadb8766656d84991f2d67eb461e672327a8efbe/scr.png
▲ 1. Flight Profile Qased-e-Noor-1 on 22nd April 2020.

Meanwhile the same article announced the launch of Noor-2 satellite this month (June 2020).

TAGS:
BGUSAT, Kwangmyongsong-4, GOSAT-2, Yaogan 25A/25B/25C, FIA-Radar 5, KWANGMYONGSONG R/B

 

[Shawnee]

Small clarification from my previous assessment.



From a new Iranian article posted on 7th June 2020, the third stage is presented as the solid-propellant Arash-24, with a purported mass of ~100 kg. The mass of the Salman-1 second stage being about ~300 kg.

And from the Mission Control screen, we know that following the second stage's ignition at T=150 seconds, a third burn was performed at T=420 seconds.

This means that currently there are only the Arash-24 solid propellant third stage and the Noor-1 satellite orbiting the Earth.

The Salman-1 solid propellant second stage reaching only a velocity of 5'250 m/s at cut-off, after 70 seconds of burn, and a 403 km altitude, simply re-entered the atmosphere, unable to reach orbital velocity.

This orbital insertion velocity of ~7'650 m/s was achieved with the third stage Arash-24, reaching an apogee of ~444 km.

Thereafter, the Noor satellite used its own six cold gas thrusters to separate from the third stage and manoeuvre in orbit, orienting its camera toward the earth's surface.

http://archive.vn/vZXhx/bd65318361e31f94db43184664548fa6eb7f7afb.jpg ; https://archive.vn/vZXhx/322cd1b3c4a6c2879d95ac02aac6004b5acbcc0e/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200513...ckets_1/Rest_World/Qased-IRGC/Flight/path.JPG ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200513...s_1/Rest_World/Qased-IRGC/Flight/sequence.htm ; http://archive.vn/nbGQU ; https://archive.vn/nbGQU/eadb8766656d84991f2d67eb461e672327a8efbe/scr.png
▲ 1. Flight Profile Qased-e-Noor-1 on 22nd April 2020.

Meanwhile the same article announced the launch of Noor-2 satellite this month (June 2020).

TAGS:
BGUSAT, Kwangmyongsong-4, GOSAT-2, Yaogan 25A/25B/25C, FIA-Radar 5, KWANGMYONGSONG R/B

There is a problem with google translation of the article. The correction:

“IRGC is trying to smooth out and downplay its space launch capacity by separating Nour and the third stage.”

2. The title is made up by you and the article does not say Iran getting closer to NK or China.

3. Official statement is that “Salman was successfully tested”. If it reentered the earth, it did its job successfully and reentered as planned.
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[skyshadow]

Venezuela-Bound Oil Tankers Tracked by Iranian Satellite: IRGC General


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Space Division said the homegrown ‘Noor’ (light) satellite that was launched into space in April is fully operational and has been used to track the oil tankers that recently carried fuel to Venezuela.



https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/...ers-tracked-by-iranian-satellite-irgc-general

 

[Mithridates]

one question: do we have an option to hold this satellite on an specific position in space over Israel for example or it's just rounding around earth and sometimes passes from over them??

 

[QWECXZ]

one question: do we have an option to hold this satellite on an specific position in space over Israel for example or it's just rounding around earth and sometimes passes from over them??

Probably not as it will require too much energy for the satellite to overcome its natural orbital trajectory and stay in one place and the solar panels won't be able to provide that much energy. Besides that, the satellite has to be over Iran for our ground stations to receive its signal.

So, it will keep orbiting the Earth and record data. It will send the recorded data to us when the satellite is over our ground stations. The satellite is of no value for real time espionage.

 

[Shawnee]

one question: do we have an option to hold this satellite on an specific position in space over Israel for example or it's just rounding around earth and sometimes passes from over them??

Spy satellite should be placed at 450-700 km for closer vision. However there is one limitation from college physics:
- Satellite at 36000 is geostationary and rotates once a day like the moon.
- Satellite at 450 km rotates multiple times a day but is closer to the earth and better for espionage.

The best method is to have multiple satellites at 700 km and combine the views.
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[hussainb72]

one question: do we have an option to hold this satellite on an specific position in space over Israel for example or it's just rounding around earth and sometimes passes from over them??

Having the satellite stationary basically means that the satellite will just fall back to the earth. It's impossible to have a satellite stationary on one point unless it has an engine that is pointing towards the earth and countering earth's gravity. But that's hard to accomplish because after staying stationary like that, it has to reorbit the earth again and that would require even more fuel.

But something that can be done with the iranian satellite is that it can slightly manoeuvre and fix its position so that it can pass over that point it is trying to observe.

Also this is a website I found which shows Nour's location.
https://t.co/rSa2940Act?amp=1

 

[QWECXZ]

Having the satellite stationary basically means that the satellite will just fall back to the earth. It's impossible to have a satellite stationary on one point unless it has an engine that is pointing towards the earth and countering earth's gravity. But that's hard to accomplish because after staying stationary like that, it has to reorbit the earth again and that would require even more fuel.

But something that can be done with the iranian satellite is that it can slightly manoeuvre and fix its position so that it can pass over that point it is trying to observe.

Also this is a website I found which shows Nour's location.
https://t.co/rSa2940Act?amp=1

It won't be stationary, it will appear to be stationary by an observer on the Earth because the rotation of the satellite around the Earth is synchronized with that of the Earth around its axis. If a satellite is placed in an orbit that is at an approximately 36,000 km altitude, it will remain at the same spot without engines. That's why telecommunication satellites are usually placed in the GEO.

But Nour is in LEO at an altitude about 450 kilometers from the Earth. If it wants to stay on one spot, it will require a massive energy to overcome its natural orbital trajectory and its solar panels won't be enough to provide that.

 

[SOHEIL]

چرا خب داداش مگه بده پستش ؟ هلهلکی خوندم

داره موتور تی وی سی سوخت جامد رو با مرحله دو سفیر مقایسه میکنه

 

[Shawnee]

@SOHEIL
What is your thought on the third stage of the last launch?
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[SOHEIL]

@SOHEIL
What is your thought on the third stage of the last launch?
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We can't be sure about the type of third stage!

But from technical point of view it's a solid kickstage with cold gas thrusters ...